A Virtual Private Server
is a single virtual Operating System installation that is hosted on
a physical server. The hardware on which it is installed is shared
among many VPS 'nodes'. This allows for a more economical pricing
structure, while providing most of the benefits of a dedicated
hardware server.

Virtual Pirvate
Servers/Virtual Machines are the perfect solution for those
customers who want to upgrade from shared hosting accounts to a
dedicated hosting environment without the large jump in cost. A
Virtual Private server gives you dedicated/full root/administrator
access to the operating system. This allows custom software
installation, OS configuration, as well as providing a
private/secure server environment. Your data is not visible,
accessible, or shared with any other user. It's the same as having
your own Operating System to configure to your specific needs.

A VPS is also great for
developers who wish to stage and test software solutions before
deployment on production servers. Install your development tools and
testing software on the VPS server and test/develop your
applications and websites without the need to use production
servers. Give access to different programmers without having ti
provide access to live servers.

Use the VPS as a warm
stand by backup server for your critical live servers, or simply use
it as a file/backup storage service.

A VPS server is also a
great economic option to setup purpose specific servers such as
Mail, DNS, FTP, Web, etc...